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Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers
The State University of NJ John Cotton Dana Library 185 University Avenue Newark, NJ 07102 Web site: www.libraries.rutgers.edu/jazz973-353-5595

The Institute of Jazz studies at Rutgers University - Newark is the largest and most comprehensive library and archive of jazz and jazz-related materials in the world! — a valuable resource for jazz researchers, students, musicians and fans The archives are open to the public from 9 am – 5 pm Monday through Friday, but please call and make an appointment if you are planning to need research assistance.

The Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) has been collecting jazz records at Rutgers University—Newark and sharing them with a wide audience for the past 50 years. These not only include sound recordings of jazz music, but also the “record” of jazz history found in photographs, documents, written music, and historic artifacts. Expanding on the original vision of IJS founder Marshall Stearns, the Institute has grown to become one of the biggest centers in the world for the study of jazz history. Most importantly, the IJS preserves these valuable materials that document jazz history so that people can use them now and into the future. IJS users listen to recordings, study archival documents, read books about jazz, or look for a piece of music to play, to name a few common uses. *Records at Play: The Institute of Jazz Studies @50* is the first time the IJS has exhibited so many of its treasures at once. Although they represent only a small fraction of the Institute’s collections, the artifacts, documents, and sound recordings in this exhibit provide a record of IJS history and the music at its core.